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This dollar weakness would also cheapen foreign-exchange hedging costs, they believed, allowing foreign investors concerned about the U.S. dollar’s long-run status to bolster their foreign-exchange hedges, which in turn would amplify the buck’s weakness.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Both seasons of the show demonstrate that only the wealthy can afford to indulge in extreme emotional displays or cheapen honest ones.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

The Japanese government doesn’t want its currency to cheapen dramatically; that makes it more expensive for Japanese citizens to buy what they need.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

Some customers on social media fretted that Anta, a mass-market brand, might cheapen the reputation of Arc’teryx.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025

I don’t like to throw the L-word around; it’s too good and rare a feeling to cheapen with overuse.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green

“Chill on the AI it cheapens the brand,” one wrote on Instagram.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

"If a university is willing to look the other way and not hold faculty accountable for engaging in academically dishonest behavior, it cheapens its mission and the value of its education," Ms Fox said.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2023

To make his case, Paul argues that consumers benefit from a popular business tactic in Big Tech called "vertical integration," where a company streamlines and cheapens its operations by owning multiple stages of production.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2022

“To get nominated for an Academy Award is a tremendous honor and this cheapens the honor by making one category less than the other.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2022

It cheapens everything, doesn’t it, if this man thinks we’re only giving him everything we have on us because we may not have any use for it ten minutes from now.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

The first few songs sketch out the record’s themes, in which individual dreams are cheapened in a world that rewards artificiality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

As these markets have cheapened, investors may want to look at deeply discounted BDCs and closed-end junk-bond and leveraged-loan funds.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

These missives exploded the myths around a man who has for decades been derided as a cynical and unscrupulous opportunist that cheapened Presley’s legacy while enriching himself at his client’s expense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025

Chinese stocks have cheapened as a result, to a price-to-earnings ratio of 11%, the lowest among major Asian markets.

From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2023

He despised the trivialization of higher education, the inflated grades and cheapened diplomas, the half education that so often passed as mass education in my generation.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Discussing the moral worth of AI comes with the risk of cheapening what it means to be human, Sullivan believes.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

The automaker is seeking to protect its brand integrity and prevent dealers from cheapening the image of its brands with fire-sale tactics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

"The way they do their buffet and their salad bar, it feels like they are cheapening on their quality and have lower standards...They're giving away so much food and you're like 'How?'"

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025

On the energy front, motor fuel may be cheapening, but fuel and electricity for home use are still pricey.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2024

On the other hand, every silver State that adopts the "double standard" strengthens the bimetallic system in the case of a cheapening of gold.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips